Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-12-17
The Bandit BernaI Loses FOGr Men.
 INua..I.s Es-l.-c.f

The campaign sSains: Eraclio Beraal,
 the eelebratsi Sl1a'oa bsndii. hss been
 insugurated wish si SOr. The reward of
 Sl0.0O0 offered Or Lis capture by Gov
 ernOr Csnedo. hss h7d the effect of com
 bininR the military and people 10 sn or
 gsnized attack against him and hls
 osrc. After ar orc8nIYs -IOn had been
 effected, the mihtasy and civil suthori-
 ties commenced @ i1usnoy from Mszstlsn
 towards the U5ur-sius forming the
 crests of the siieFrs 2Isdr5 range in Sipa-
 loa On their srrivai a, E0ca de Potre-
 TO, the party WIS d,gidCd and arranged into scouting bands in the following order: Colonel It2rTa wiin s detachmenl of the Fifth ReSlment wss sent Co scout in the marshes as the base Of Milpas mountain; Colonel Qulnteros with mounted men was ordered Co cross the broken country of Santa Glars tO Piels- gos ranch thence by Gs.CstO creek tO the mouth of the BOcs a. POtrero; Com mandsnt Zspstg with CIvI authorities, and & few soldiers, we're detailed to scout from Basis de Altsris on the sum- init of Zobsco; COmns-dAnt Ocssvisno Mersz, with 6 bond of vagueros from Cosals wac directed 10 thoroughly SCOUT Borregs, Fl ZopOlots and GuittRra mountains; General Emilano Lo!ero, who is in charge of the campaign, with detachments from the Seventh battalion and Thirteenth regiment and citizens from Osmsrones Ajoyc and COssla took the rough country between Arrsnca Bsrbss and BOca de PO;rerc, the start ing point, where all parties Lad orders to return, with the exception of lbarra and Zspata, who were Co remain st Mil pas and Zobsco, five days after setiing out.
 Mersz's party on the filth iay ran across Bernafs bandits i2 the moun- tsins bordering TUlarc lake. After ex- changing shots Meraz vss obliged Co re- tire, but while doing SO Genera! LoierO. with bis party, who had arrived ID the vicinity, intercepted him acd th.y com bined forces, returned and charged tho outlaws camp, killing four a1t wound- ing several, who escaped. The sitackInR force had one man killed nud another wounded. The bandits gho vs-a escs!- ing over the summit ct .h Tuls- noun ssins after their camp vas charged. ran across @ detachment Ci iCigrl.=. who gave them chase and ran .ham into the heart of the range where tkry are now hedged in by a mI.Itary C5rlCn. h their flight they separated h-' .' i7 believed they have q stronghold vlrfs they will reunIte and mako brave 5ssui aEaust capture. l. IS not known whether Der nal is with his band or Eut. The esti- mated number oi outlaws in camp at the time of its cGpiUrn. V-- sE'ftE. They were armed with Wirchesi--s and Rem ID gtOns, and seemeI to have plenty Ot smunition. General LcisFJ has called in all the scouting parties. Gnd has the range completely gaGrdCt. The cordon will be gradually ccn'T -.0i until the bandits will be forced t1 either fight or surrender. Both tLe military and citi- zens feel certain tba. ghey Viil elect a capture of the hedg-1 ir rra1 ga3es, but there are misgiy.Hc that EgTyal is not of their number. Recruits jo ihe be seiging party are aTriving daily and are being posted Ou .hc outer limits to inter cept any who may escape through tho lines.
 The Reaingtons and Winchesters, the provisions and other things found in the bandits camp have been distributed among tSe sOldicrs.